The influence of the Teaching Practice I and II courses in terms of the theory studied, in the performance of the teacher assistants in doing their teaching practice in the skill development area, at the Foreign Language Department, School of Arts and Sciences of the University of El Salvador,semester II, 2019

This research is aimed at identifying if student-teachers apply the content studied in the Teaching Practice I and II courses at the time of doing their teaching practice; in the different courses they were assigned such as: to Intermediate English I, Advanced English I, Readings and Conversation I, and English Grammar II at the Foreign Language Department. The research was developed following a mixed-methods methodology with the purpose of studying the influence of the Teaching Practice I and II content learned in the performance of the student-teachers while doing their practicum. Participants of the study were 17 student teachers and 14 tutor teachers of the Bachelor of Arts in English with Emphasis in Teaching. They did their practicum at the Foreign Language Department, School of Arts and Sciences of the University of El Salvador. The instruments used were interview with open questions, questionnaire, and observation check-lists. The findings revealed that the 88% of student teachers apply the content studied in Teaching Practice courses in their practicum. The content also helps to student-teachers to write better objectives, to design better classes, to have a better performance in the classes and have the control of the classes. The findings also revealed that just 90% of the population did not put into practice the sequence of lessons for classes for a week or for a unit